Gerstner himself recruited Harreld to IBM in 1995, and in many ways their backgrounds are similar. Both were management consultants who became executives in big food companies -- Gerstner at McKinsey & Co. and later Nabisco, Harreld at the Boston Consulti

Affiliate marketing corporations however, do not work for free. They often receive a cut of the sale in addition to the affiliates. While this adds to the cost of making a sale, the companies realize that without the additional exposure the sales probably

January 2007

"In the final analysis it was the founders of the companies and
the investors who were the ones who were making the money. Your
stock options were just the carrot - they were worthless at the end
of the day."

The Mapuche took their case to a court in the southern city of Temuco earlier this month but a judge ruled it should be considered in Santiago. A judge in the capital is due to decide in the next two weeks whether Microsoft has a case to answer.